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Open letter to Obama: Uncle Sam should go open source

Via ARS Technica By Ryan Paul | Last updated February 10, 2009 8:20 A group of software vendors has published an open letter to president Obama encouraging the new administration to adopt open source software in the government’s IT infrastructure. … Continue reading

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Barack Obama, The Social Web, and the Future of User-Generated Governance

Via PR 2.0 What follows is the unedited version of my latest post for TechCrunch, “Is Obama Ready To Be a Two-Way President.” Source: Barack Obama’s flickr stream Where there’s victory, there’s also opportunity… America voted while the entire world … Continue reading

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Obama White House to Broadcast Weekly Radio Address on YouTube

Via Mashable November 14, 2008 – 10:38 am PDT – by Adam Ostrow Some signs of how President-elect Barack Obama will use his massive Internet following are starting to surface. The President’s weekly radio address, a staple of American politics … Continue reading

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The Internet As A Force In Politics: “Obama Would Not Have Won Without The Internet”

Via Tech Crunch by Michael Arrington on November 7, 2008 New York Magazine’s John Heilemann is leading a panel at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco this morning on “The Web and Politics.” Joining him is San Francisco Mayor … Continue reading

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How Obama Tapped Into Social Networks’ Power

Via the New York Times By DAVID CARR Published: November 9, 2008 In February 2007, a friend called Marc Andreessen, a founder of Netscape and a board member of Facebook, and asked if he wanted to meet with a man … Continue reading

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How Will President Obama Use His Massive Social Media Influence?

Via Mashable November 5, 2008 – 5:11 pm PDT – by Adam Ostrow Hundreds if not thousands of observers have already noted the key role that the Internet and social media played in the successful campaign of Barack Obama. But … Continue reading

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